faq

What does Causeit do? 

Check out https://www.causeit.org/about and www.digitalfluency.guide. Causeit works with large organizations to learn about and level up their Digital Fluency—the ability to leverage the thinking, data, business models, skills and tools of the Digital Age. Our part of transforming the world for the better is by making technology accessible and ethical for all people. We also work with select smaller firms who are doing great things in the world. 

Where is the job?

Much of our team is based in Portland, OR in the US. However, we have team members in San Francisco, Toronto, and London—and are open to applicants from many locations.

What experience translates well to this role? 

Digital or web agency, content production, editorial shop and/or publishing experience parallel the pace and evolving nature of our workflows. Our deliverables center on content (like our constantly-evolving Causeit Guide to Digital Fluency) and professional experiences like webinars, major online (or in-person) events, and executive-level innovation consulting. Experience leading or working in blended client/internal teams would set you up well for the complexity of shared objectives, scheduling, task management, and handoffs that occur in our larger client-facing projects.

What kind of technology will I use? 

Our entire company is fully digital. All parts of our business are managed with digital tools. Our documents are usually created in the Google ecosystem. Our creative work occurs in Apple’s Keynote and Adobe’s Creative Cloud tools. Video is edited in Descript, Final Cut Pro, and Premiere. We do Microsoft when we have to for clients. Our projects are managed in Asana. We brainstorm and design experiences in Miro. Our custom and/or complex work occurs in Airtable, and is stitched together with Zapier. We communicate via Slack (and whatever clients need, like Zoom, MS Teams, Google Meet, etc). 

What kind of people are you? 

We’re a community-minded business. Parts of our work can feel like a family-owned firm, because of our deep care for each other. It is not uncommon for our team members to work at Causeit for at least five years, growing along the way. Causeit is Queer-owned and managed, and has a diverse employee body by several measures. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE DIVERSE APPLICANTS. We practice strong progressive values, which are embodied in all parts of our work, from responsible innovation to data ethics. As part of our commitment to equitable access, all of our content is available in Spanish, Portuguese and French as well as English, and we provide much of our content free of charge to the public. A significant portion of our profits go to not-for-profit organizations, social impact work and direct aid to families abroad.

What’s the workplace like? 

As a fully-digital company, many of our roles can be done from anywhere in the world. We are based on the US West Coast, and appreciate applicants who can work with us in Portland, Oregon. We have had office space in the past and will likely resume having in-person workplaces in the coming year, but even pre-pandemic, day-to-day meetings were never assumed to be in-person. We are committed to including team members from all locations in many ways, with hybrid office experiences using high-definition audio/video and cloud-based systems for asynchronous and realtime collaboration. 

Travel?

Yes, you should expect your role post-pandemic to include opportunities for 20-40% travel for sprints with each other and clients. We usually go to fun places (London, New York, the Bay Area, Toronto and various points throughout Asia and Latin America were regular destinations for us pre-pandemic). Causeit has worked on every continent except Antarctica.

Equal Employment

It is the policy of Causeit to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and to administer all aspects and conditions of employment without regard to the following:

  • Race

  • Color

  • Age

  • Sex

  • Sexual orientation

  • Gender/gender identity

  • Religion

  • National origin

  • Pregnancy

  • Physical or mental disability

  • Military or veteran status

  • Citizenship and/or immigration status

  • Expunged juvenile record

  • Genetic information, including family medical history

  • Marital status

  • Familial relations to another employee or former employee

  • Filing for workers’ compensation insurance

  • Domestic violence victim status

  • Credit report or credit history, where prohibited by law

  • Access to employer-owned housing

  • Lawful off-duty use of tobacco products, where prohibited by law

  • Child or spousal support withholding

  • Wage garnishment for consumer debt

  • Bringing of a claim for unlawful employment practices

  • Refusal to attend any Company-sponsored meeting with the primary purpose of communicating the employer’s political or religious views

  • Any other protected class, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws